Tufted pile fabric.



PATBNTBD FEB. 27, 1906.

T. oooPBR. TUFTBD PILE PABRIG.

APPLIGATIOR FILED JUNE 19, 1905.

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Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

Application flied June 19, IQE. Burial No. 266,036.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAs COOPER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Farfield, Kidderminster, En land, have invented certain new and use Im rovements in Tufted Pile Fabrics, of which tllfe following is a specification.

My invention consists of the im rovements hereinafter described in tufted p1 e fabricssuch, for example, as Axminster or moquette carpets and rugsthe said improvements having for their Objects to give to the said fabrics the character or appearance of Turkey or oriental carpets and rugs, in which oarpets and ru s the pattern or design is the same on the ack or under side of the carpets and rugs as on the up er side or face and to simplify the weavingo such imitation Turkey or oriental carpets and rugs.

Heretofore many attempts have been made to produce in looms for Weaving tufted pile fabrics carpets and rugs resembling Turkey or oriental carpets and rugs; but the previous attempts referred to have not been attended With great success, the several binding-warps em loyed being conspicuous on the under side oriback of the fabric and effecting a compressing of the doubled parts of the tufts, so that the pattern or desi is not as con spicuous on the back as on.t e pile-face of the fabric. f

By the arrangement or combination here inafter described of the threads and tufts of the fabric a tufted pile fabric is produced in which the pattern or design is as well defined or marked on theunder side or back as on the pile-face, the cutile surface alone 'distinguishing the up er om the under side.

In the tufte pile fabric constituting my` invention the warps Wefts, and tufts are arranged as is hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure l represents in longitudinal section a piece of the improved tufted pile fabric, the section being taken in a plane, so as clearly to showthe binding-wa Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal section ta en through the tufts of the fabric. Fig. 3 represents 1n plan the warp and weft threads of the fabric, the tufts constituting the pile being omitted.

In the said fabric each set or series of Warps consists of an approximately-straight Warp a, preferably of cotton, two straight warps,r(marked t b2, respectively,) preferably of ljute, and asingle binding-war c, preferab y of linen, which in its course t rough the fabric asses between the pair of straight Warps g) 2. With the said Warps three shots of weft are employed, (marked, respectively,l dd" da.) The upper shot of weft o," passes over the approximatel -straight Warps a. The middle shot of we t d passes between thewarps d and the warps b b", and the third shot of weft ds passes under the straight Warps b b. The tufts e, constituting the pile, are doubled on the lower shot of weft d3. The single binding-warpsc employed pass under Vthe lower shots of weft da and over the upper shots of weft d.

Wishit to be understood that I do not limit myself to threads of the materials hereinbefore mentioned for the war s. For example, jute threads may be emp eyed for the wa s o, when the said Warps c will be straight and without the kinks illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. Further, I wish it to be understood that for the sake of clearness I have represented the Warps of uniform thickness; but it Will be understood by those conversant with the manufacture of carpets and rugs that this is not so, the binding-Warps c of linen thread being much warps o b b.

By the arrangement or combination of threads and tufts hereinbefore described and illustrated not only are the doubled portions of the tufts on the under side of the fabric permitted to spread out so as practically to conceal the warp-threads and render the pattern or design as lain or conspicuous on the back as on the pill-face of the fabric, the improved tufted pile fabric resembling closely Turkey or oriental carpets and ru s, but a sim ler and more efficient binding ogthe tufts is egected than is usually obtained in tufted pile fabrics of this class.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A tufted pile fabric of three-shot weft, the tufts being doubled on the lower shots of weft) the Wa s of which fabric are in series of four threa s, one warp of each series of four threads being straight or approximately straight and being arranged under thc top finer than the IOO shot of weftl a geil` of straight warps being In testimony whereof I have hereunto set situated under t e middle shot of weft and a. my hand in presence of two subscribing witfourth thread or binding-warp passing under nesses.

the lower shots of weft and over the upper THOMAS COOPER. 5 shots of weft and between the lest-named Witnesses:

air of straight warps substantially as set A. G. VINLY, Forth and shown. GEO. J. HUMPHERsoN. 

